Gold smuggling case: Suspended IAS officer M. Sivasankar taken into ED custody
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Suspended IAS officer M. Sivasankar, dealing with probe within the Kerala gold smuggling case, was taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) from a metropolis hospital on Wednesday, quickly after a courtroom rejected his anticipatory bail petition within the matter.
A group of ED officers reached the Ayurveda hospital in Thiruvananthapuram, the place the previous Principal Secretary to the Kerala Chief Minister was present process remedy and detained him.
Mr. Sivasankar was later taken to Ernakulam by automotive.
Earlier within the day, the Kerala High Court handed order on two separate anticipatory bail pleas filed by Mr. Sivasankar apprehending arrest by Customs investigating the smuggling angle and ED probing the cash path within the case, dismissing them.
Central companies National Investigating Agency, Customs and the Enforcement Directorate, are conducting separate inquiries into the seizure of gold price practically ₹15 crore from a “diplomatic baggage” at Thiruvananthapuram International airport on July 5.
Several individuals, together with two former staff of the UAE consulate in Thiruvananthapuram, Swapna Suresh and Sarith P.S., have been arrested by the central companies in reference to the case.
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